State ex rel. Juvenile Department v. Wicks

The juvenile court found child to be within its jurisdiction, ORS 419.476(1)(a), because he had committed an act that would be rape in the first degree if done by an adult. ORS 163.375. Child seeks reversal of the order finding that he is within the jurisdiction of the court and dismissal of the petition.

1. A threshold question is whether the issues that child raises are reviewable. The state argues that they are not, because child appealed from a later order and, therefore, a challenge to the earlier jurisdictional order is untimely. It is necessary in resolving that issue to recite the…